Question

9. While broadcasting a football game, the announcer exclaimed, "I can't believe it. Carl James just scored a touchdown. That's right; I said Carl James. Even Carl looks as if he can't believe it either." What can you infer from these statements? A. The announcer is prejudiced against Carl. B. Carl doesn't score touchdowns very often. C. The announcer is happy for Carl. D. Carl is a player who is popular with the crowd.

Answer 1

The question is asking us to choose the best option to explain what the following meant" While broadcasting a football game, the announcer exclaimed, "I can't believe it. Carl James just scored a touchdown. That's right; I said Carl James. Even Carl looks as if he can't believe it either.". What we see here is a surprise ("I can't believe it") of the announcer, but we see no bias - he or she seems to have a posotive attitute towards Carl. So the best answer is B. Carl doesn't score touchdowns very often. - this would explain the surprise

Answer 2

B. Carl doesn't score touchdowns very often.

The announcer says he can't believe that Carl James scored a touchdown. He also seems to think that Carl James has trouble believing the touchdown as well.  Since the announcer does not say anything disparaging about Carl James, we know that he is not prejudiced against him. We also don't know if Carl James is popular with the crowd since the crowd's reaction is not mentioned. There is also nothing to indicate that the announcer is happy for Carl because there are no emotion words in the announcement.